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[yel327]

Pull the tag off and scan or take a photo of the back of it. Then someone here may be able to help a bit, but you'll have to get paint and trim off evidence left on the body.

Edited by yel327, 25 July 2014 - 10:21 PM.

[yel327]

Unfortunately the texta numbers are gone, you can just see remnants of it

[Bazza]

Hi Adam

 

Unfortunately, nothing can be ascertained from the ADR tag other than what you already know ie. the car is a LJ 2 door sedan built in Jan 1973.

 

From the ADR tag alone, the car could be one of a number of 4 cylinder 2 doors, an S model 6 cylinder, or a GTR with, or without, the XU-1 performance enhancements.

 

Had there been a 4 digit number in texta on the reverse of the tag, this would establish the Body Number but would not reveal the VIN. Had the car been produced after mid-May 1973 the VIN could be established. In either case, only the missing Body Identification Plate could definitively reveal the trim and paint details.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Cheers

 

Bazza

[N/A-PWR]

Investigator Tools needed,
 
Need to find the Ink DNA, hey Aldo
 

if u look hard enough u can just see some digits, as it some how goes into the tag
u might be lucky enough to see
 
regards  aldo

 

So, just did a bit of reading here:-
 

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Palimpsest

 

Ultra-violet Light could help read the last bits of Ink Adam.

Edited by GASPOWER, 27 July 2014 - 02:30 PM.

[N/A-PWR]

Hello Adam,

 

Maybe part of the Body Number for an LC,

 

but yet to find out for an LJ:-

 

http://www.gmh-toran...-28#entry685503

 

Thanks for all the help trying to decipher the number under the uv light it it looks like 1743 dose that mean anything

[Bazza]

Hi

 

1743 is most likely part of the original Body Number. By Jan '73, Brisbane Body Numbers had reached the 17000s range so there is obviously a digit missing. As I mentioned earlier, even with the fully Body Number, there is nothing to link it to a particular VIN or disclose anything about the original colour or trim.

 

Cheers

 

Bazza

[N/A-PWR]

If this is Important Adam,

 

which it is a 41 year old icon, I would go and see if there is a Professional scanner that can use a Computer to place the dots,

 

Could be well worth the effort, and find out  the Numbers for sure.

 

Hi Aldo the number looks very close to 4243 is there any other information that can be obtained from thisor is it just a gmh number

Cheers Adam

[N/A-PWR]

the Body Number will give an approximate date hey.

like early to late position?

[crabba67]

well said john,on bursting the bubble

[yel327]

There is no bubble to burst as such. If you can somehow get the digits off the back we can probably nail the car, especially if you know some history of it eg where it was for most of its life. Car is almost certainly an 82311 as it is an auto, so the BETSBAC code you are looking for is most likely 43703A0, so look for BETSBAC starting with 437. Or possibly 447, 217 or 237.

 

Chassis number interpolation puts us close to about 50 cars either side of H26359x on page 199 of the service/warranty report. There are a fair few 437 and 447 cars here plus a 217 and a 237.

 

Main candidates look like:

H263444

H263568

H263569

H263572

H263575

H263577-9

H263582

or possibly the few cars around and just after H263737.

 

Numbers on the tag could be 178x8 or 1788x which would put the car around H263582. I like the look of 17888 which is spot on for H263582, as i'm sure I can see x788x there.

 

All of the above is educated guesswork though, you need to see if the digits on the back can be made to be seen. If we can get those I can get you the car. It isn't a GTR though as it is definitely an auto.

[Bazza]

Hi Dane'o

 

Thats because your car was built after around 9 May 1973 when the Body Number began to be derived from the PSN. See John Gong's comment above.

 

Cheers

 

Bazza

Edited by Bazza, 28 July 2014 - 08:02 PM.

[yel327]

I noticed a typo in what I put above too, should be page 202 not 199 or the LJ service/warranty report.

[crabba67]

Hi adam,not sure what everyone is trying to say, but pre may 1973 brisbane built torana,s have (4) numbers sum have all (5) under the ADR tag and after may 1973 its also the body number but just (3) numbers it is still the body number as the vin/body number are the same..lc torana have red textra and lj torana black textra what i have seen.

Your car being BLJ18020B will be H26407# i have information on BLJ18027B. 

cheers